Daylight Saving Time 2026: Why Americans Will Get an Extra Hour on Nov. 1 After Halloween | Today’s news

Americans will soon gain an extra hour overnight as Daylight Savings Time ends and clocks will “fall back” one hour on Sunday, November 1st.

Clock set back to November 1st

According to Timeanddate.com, the change will occur at 2:00 a.m. DST, when clocks in most of the United States will move back to 1:00 a.m. Standard Time. The change means a return to standard time for the winter months.

The timing also means the clock change will come right after Halloween. For people staying late for parties, events or trick-or-treating on October 31st, the extra hour could offer a little more time to sleep in the following morning.

The change occurs twice a year in places with summer time. In March, the clocks move forward one hour, while in November they move back, bringing an earlier sunset and an extra hour overnight.

This practice has more than a century of history. Timeanddate.com notes that New Zealand scientist George Vernon Hudson proposed a seasonal clock change in 1895, while British builder William Willett independently campaigned for a similar system in the early 20th century.

What about Canada?

Canada was the first place to adopt daylight saving time when residents of Port Arthur, Ontario, now part of Thunder Bay, moved their clocks forward one hour on July 1, 1908.

Germany later became the first country to implement the system nationwide in 1916, during World War I, to reduce the use of artificial lighting and save fuel.

The United States established daylight saving time through the Standard Time Act of 1918, although the system changed several times over the following decades. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, which created a more consistent national framework for daylight saving time. The US Department of Transportation continues to oversee its uniform compliance.

The current plan in the US was later extended. Under changes made in 2005, daylight saving time begins in March and ends in November, with a longer period coming into effect in 2007.

So on November 1st, most Americans will gain an hour before losing one. Phones and other connected devices are generally set automatically, but traditional clocks will need to be reset manually.

For anyone awake at 2am, the hour between 1am and 2am actually happens twice.